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Re: Please advise and comment on new PC build.

Overall, solid build - be sure to post pics once you're finished.

Why 32GB of RAM? I'm asking to make you think about it, not saying you shouldn't get that much. For most people, 16GB should be fine.

Why Cryorig H7? For an air cooler it seems pretty expensive (I only checked newegg but it was $97!). At that price, an AIO looks more attractive to me. Hyper 212 is $30 and probably get you basically same temps.

Also (and this is my personal preference), I think you end up paying way more for a GOLD rated PSU than any savings you get in efficiency. 650w seems about right for this build, but run your rig through a PSU calculator to be on the safe side.

Re: Please advise and comment on new PC build.

Why 32GB of RAM? I'm asking to make you think about it, not saying you shouldn't get that much. For most people, 16GB should be fine.

Why Cryorig H7? For an air cooler it seems pretty expensive (I only checked newegg but it was $97!). At that price, an AIO looks more attractive to me. Hyper 212 is $30 and probably get you basically same temps.

Also (and this is my personal preference), I think you end up paying way more for a GOLD rated PSU than any savings you get in efficiency. 650w seems about right for this build, but run your rig through a PSU calculator to be on the safe side.

Also (and this is my personal preference), I think you end up paying way more for a GOLD rated PSU than any savings you get in efficiency. 650w seems about right for this build, but run your rig through a PSU calculator to be on the safe side.

Re: Please advise and comment on new PC build.

For my upgrade I went with the Core i7 8700, 32GB's of Crucial Ballistix DDR4 2666 ram, a copy of Windows 10 and a ASUS ROG STRIX Z390-H Gaming board. Some might ask why I went the route I did, for one, I stuck with the Antec case that I have for the time being, memory prices are low right now, and I have a heavily modded Skyrim SE, and Fallout 4 which with both of them being heavily modded need the extra ram and cpu power. The reason for the Core i7 8700 is that I don't overclock. Videocard is of course my GTX 1070. Boot drive is a Samsung 860 EVO SATA M.2, on a Startecch PEX2M2 card, and Windows 10 boots way faster on my new right than it did on my previouse build, which was 6 years old.
Plus I really like the fact that there are two ESS Sabre DAC's onboard, one for the front panel out(headphones), one for 5.1 surround, a headphone amp, along with dual OP AMPs and other goodies that one might find on a soundcard.

Re: Please advise and comment on new PC build.

Originally Posted by Nightowl224

For my upgrade I went with the Core i7 8700, 32GB's of Crucial Ballistix DDR4 2666 ram, a copy of Windows 10 and a ASUS ROG STRIX Z390-H Gaming board. Some might ask why I went the route I did, for one, I stuck with the Antec case that I have for the time being, memory prices are low right now, and I have a heavily modded Skyrim SE, and Fallout 4 which with both of them being heavily modded need the extra ram and cpu power. The reason for the Core i7 8700 is that I don't overclock. Videocard is of course my GTX 1070. Boot drive is a Samsung 860 EVO SATA M.2, on a Startecch PEX2M2 card, and Windows 10 boots way faster on my new right than it did on my previouse build, which was 6 years old.
Plus I really like the fact that there are two ESS Sabre DAC's onboard, one for the front panel out(headphones), one for 5.1 surround, a headphone amp, along with dual OP AMPs and other goodies that one might find on a soundcard.

Could I ask what drivers you are currently using for your GTX 1070? I have add a whole host of issues with my card and I reckon its a driver issue but the latest are not stable for me.

Re: Please advise and comment on new PC build.

Could I ask what drivers you are currently using for your GTX 1070? I have add a whole host of issues with my card and I reckon its a driver issue but the latest are not stable for me.

I'm using version 431.60 from Nvidia, due to the mouse point issue in the latest revision. Discovered that when gaming, I need to go in to GPU Tweak 2 since I have an ASUS GTX 1070, and crank up the fan speed to 100 percent, cause if I don't the card overheats and locksup.